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Sequoiadendron
Taxonomy
Sequoiadendron was named by Buchholz. It is extant.
It was assigned to Taxodineae by Chandler (1978); and to Sequoioideae by Ahuja and Neale (2002).
It was assigned to Taxodineae by Chandler (1978); and to Sequoioideae by Ahuja and Neale (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Sequoiadendron Chandler p. 38 |
| 2002 | Sequoiadendron Ahuja and Neale p. 93 figs. Table 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Sequoiadendron Buchholz
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†Sequoiadendron fordi Chandler 1978
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Invalid names: Araucaria goepperti Gardner 1883 [synonym], Araucarites sternbergi Goeppert 1850 [replaced]
Sequoiadendron giganteum Buchholz 1939 [giant sequoia]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Pliocene or 83.50000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) | S. sp. (105375) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | S. sp. (34894) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Araucarites sternbergi (24106 24107) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Araucarites sternbergi (24109 27778) | |
| Miocene | USA (Idaho) | S. chaneyi (35278) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Nevada) | S. chaneyi (27701 27702) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nevada) | S. chaneyi (27660) S. chaneyii (27631 35094) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Nevada) | S. chaneyi (27627) S. chaneyii (27525 27527 27629) | |
| Serravallian | USA (California) | S. chaneyii (27529) | |
| Early/Lower Clarendonian | USA (Nevada) | S. chaneyi (27659 27661) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | S. chaneyii (35270) | |
| Pliocene | USA (Nevada) | S. chaneyi (35922) |